When the Government Is in the Exam Room, It’s Bad for Doctor and Patient
Jharp,
How do you get around Dr-patient privilege in the socialized system you want? It can be waived by the patient VOLUNTARILY. Mandating waiver will lead to legal challenges. Every state and the Federal Rules of Evidence recognise the privilege. The mandate of Obama care requires federal record keeping. I can’t imagine most judges are going to override long standing precedent to permit the Government to intrude into the DR-Patient relationship when a person refuses to give records to the government.
Further, how do you get around the accounting that shows trillion dollar deficits coming from Obama Care? It can’t possibly be neutral, revenue wise.
Most other industrialized nations do not have our Constitution and legal system. Many of those countries have permanent unemployment at rates exceeding 10 %. You want to create conditions for those things here? To cover a relatively small minority of people who want coverage but can’t get it?
We have the health care that the rest of the world seeks out when it comes to quality and delivery. Between 60 and 82 % of Americans are happy with the coverage they have. These people are now waking up about Obama care and its sorry construction. You are in a shrinking minority of people who think Congress’ scheme is a good idea. The President may get some form of reform, but the tide has turned against single payer and complete nationalization.
